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31 May 2018

Monsta X confirmed to be returning to TV with third series of MONSTA X-RAY

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Monsta X (Hangul: 몬스타엑스; often stylized as MONSTA X) is a South Korean boy group formed by Starship Entertainment through the survival show No.Mercy on Mnet in 2015. The group is composed of seven members: Jooheon, Shownu, Kihyun, Hyungwon, Wonho, Minhyuk, and I.M. The group debuted on May 14, 2015 with their first EP Trespass. In March 2017 Monsta X released their first studio album and final part of "The Clan" series, The Clan Pt. 2.5: The Final Chapter, which consist of their third and fourth extended play, The Clan Pt. 1 Lost and The Clan Pt. 2 Guilty, both released in 2016. In May 2017, Monsta X signed with Mercury Tokyo and debuted with the single "Hero" in Japan.
History
2014–2015: Formation and debut with Trespass and Rush
The group was formed as the result of a survival program called No.Mercy, which was launched by Starship Entertainment and Mnet in December 2014. For the show the participants worked directly with the artists of Starship Entertainment including Rhymer, San E, Giriboy and Genius Nochang. For the concluding mission, nine of the remaining members had to form three groups of three and the final seven members of the group, Jooheon, Shownu, Kihyun, Hyungwon, Wonho, Minhyuk, and I.M, were determined on the last episode of the show. Member I.M was the only participant who was added during the middle of the show and ended up being chosen for the group. The group's name, "Monsta X", contains the double meaning of "monsters conquering the K-pop scene" and "my star" (Mon means "My" in French). The X symbolizes an unknown existence. Jooheon, Hyungwon, and I.M also released their song "Interstellar" on February 12, which was produced for the final mission by producer Yella Diamond.
Monsta X made their debut with the release of their first extended play, Trespass on May 14, 2015. The title song of the same name is produced by Rhymer and described as a "strong and edgy track that reflects Monsta X’s unique character". Trespass includes seven different tracks, rapper Jooheon was the most involved member in the production of the album and composed several songs, including "One Love," "Steal Your Heart," and "Blue Moon". Monsta X’s other rapper, I.M was also involved in the rap making of several songs. Kihyun and Wonho also contributed song lyrics for the album. On September 1, the group returned with their second extended play titled Rush. The title track of the same name is described as a song representing the signature style of the group, produced by Giriboy. Keone Madrid choreographed the dance and Joo Hee-sun directed the music video. Rush contains six tracks produced by Mad Clown, Crybaby and Rhymer. Jooheon also took part in rap making for five out of the six tracks, while fellow member I.M was involved in four songs, including the title track "Rush". In 2015, Monsta X also performed at the KCON 2015 in Los Angeles making it their first U.S. performance. At the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Monsta X received the "Next Generation Asian Artist" award. They were also awarded the "1theK Performance Award" at the 2015 Melon Music Awards.
2016: The Clan 2.5 Part 1 Lost and The Clan 2.5 Part 2 Guilty
In January, 2016 the group joined a new variety program titled "MONSTA X’s Right Now".[15] In April 2016, the group participated on a Chinese survival program called "The Remix", which was aired in June on Jiangsu Television. The show holds a remix competition in the program and each one of the participants receive a lesson from its assigned mentor and perform its stage by remixing representative Chinese music. Monsta X also appeared in a Chinese web drama Good Evening, Teacher, receiving positive responses from local viewers. Monsta X's third mini album The Clan Pt. 1 Lost was released on May 18 with the title track "All In". The music video for "All In" was directed by filmmaker Shin Dong-keul, who is known for his dreamy style and has previously won awards at the Canada International Film Festival. The album debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's World Albums Chart and stayed for two consecutive weeks on it. On May 9, the group pre-released one of the album songs, "Ex girl" featuring Wheein of Mamamoo. The album is a starting of a large-scaled project called "THE CLAN", composed of two and a half parts.
In July 2016, Monsta X held their first solo concert, MONSTA X The First Live "X-Clan Origins" from July 16 till July 17, which was successfully sold out in five minutes. In August 2016, Monsta X joined label-mates Cosmic Girls for a project unit group to promote KT's phone fare service and to release music together. Monsta X returned in early October with their fourth mini album and second part of "The Clan" series, titled The Clan 2.5 Pt. 2 Guilty. The extended play was released on October 4, with the first single "Fighter", along with an accompanying music video.] In December the group was awarded the "Best of Next Male Artist Award" at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
2017: The Clan Pt. 2.5: The Final Chapter, Japanese debut, Shine Forever and The Code
In January 2017, the group launched its own variety show called "Monsta X-Ray” through JTBC2. In March 2017, Monsta X released their first studio album and the final part of "The Clan" series titled The Clan Pt. 2.5: The Final Chapter with its title track "Beautiful". The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's World Albums chart with more than 1,000 copies sold, which makes it the band's best sales week in America. Monsta X also ranked in the Top 10 of Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart and debuted at No. 10. Furthermore, the title track "Beautiful" debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart. In May 2017, Monsta X made their debut in Japan under Universal Music Japan's new label Mercury Tokyo with first Japanese single "Hero", which contains the Japanese version of the groups previously released Korean songs, "Hero" and "Stuck". First Japanese single "Hero" reached number two on the Oricon’s weekly single chart, Tower Record’s chart and Billboard Japan’s weekly charts to No. 1 and No. 2 respectively. “Hero” is the only album from a foreign artist who debuted in 2017 to make it into the top three of Oricon’s weekly charts.
On June 19, 2017, Monsta X released a repackaged version of The Clan Pt. 2.5: The Final Chapter called Shine Forever which features the original songs from the album and two extra songs "Shine Forever" and "Gravity". The music video teaser for "Shine Forever" was released on June 14. The title song, "Shine Forever" includes rap lyrics written by members Jooheon and I.M. It is a dance song, which combines future base and hip-hop. The group also started their first world tour, The First World Tour- Monsta X Beautiful, in June. In addition, the second season of "Monsta X-Ray" was broadcast in July. In the same month, Monsta X released a summer song, "Newton" on July 27, 2017. The music video for the song was produced by Yoo Sung-gyun of Sunny Visual.
On August 23, 2017, their second Japanese single "Beautiful" was released, which contains the Japanese version of "Beautiful" and "Ready or Not". It reached number one on the Oricon’s daily chart. On November 7, 2017, they returned with their fifth extended play titled The Code with leading track "Dramarama" with the concept revolving around time travel. It was co-written by After Romeo’s Drew Ryan Scott and featuring lyrics penned by both Jooheon and I.M. Also on the day of the album release, "MONSTA X COMEBACK SHOW-CON" hold at Changchun gymnasium. On November 14, 2017, they won their first music broadcast trophy through SBS MTV's The Show, with "Dramarama".- Wikipedia

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